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It took six decorators and two bakers more than a week to build MIT's biggest birthday cake ever. The result? A 24-foot long masterpiece that looked as good as it tasted. Watch the video to see how it all came together. Happy 150th MIT!

Two thirds of the US adult population and one third of the pediatric population is overweight or obese. The rates of diabetes, hypertension and heart disease parallel our societies increasing girth. These "adult" diseases are now commonly seen in our overweight and ...

In case you missed it, MIT and the Alumni Association threw an AMAZING party on Saturday, June 4. The Pru was lit up with MIT150 (see it in the video), there was music, dancing, a cake that had more paparazzi swarming it than the Hollywood icon of the week, and wearable glow sticks. Oh yeah, ...

Please join us at PARC the evening of June 1st for a stand-up dinner, followed by a lively panel discussion featuring three high-level solar executives and the senior advisor to the CA governor, who will address the viability of solar technologies in scaling up to ...

Despite the enormous potential of solar power to generate electricity, solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is by far the least utilized renewable energy resource today. We need breakthrough advances in materials to capture and store solar energy so we can economically ...

Are the current efforts by some governors to eliminate or curtail collective bargaining an attack on workers' rights or fiscal necessity? One of the Institute's key thinkers and a national expert in this area, Professor Thomas A. Kochan of the MIT Sloan School (bio ...

Our keynote speaker this year is Nicholas Negroponte of MIT, founder of One Laptop Per Child. Professor Negroponte is also co-founder and Chairman of the MIT Media Lab. Professor Negroponte studied at MIT, where as a graduate student he specialized in the then-new ...

An alumnus and a current grad student reflect on why they attended Economics and Finance: From Theory to Practice to Policy. To register for upcoming MIT150 symposia, visit http://mit150.mit.edu/symposia